Method Shakib Q&A, Windwalker & Marksmanship Mythic+ Guides

It's time for another Mythic+ Q&A, but this time with Method Shakib! Shakib regularly plays a Vengeance Demon Hunter on his streams on Twitch. We've also launched our Windwalker and Marksmanship Mythic+ Class Guides!\r\rAbout Shakib\r\rWant to ask Shakib a question? Leave a comment below and we'll pick some questions for Shakib to answer in the next Q&A!\rShakib plays a Vengeance Demon Hunter and is part of Method. He has achieved multiple World Firsts and currently holds many of the top times in the NA Region. He frequently streams his Vengeance Demon Hunter gameplay. Find him here:\rTwitter\rTwitch\rYouTube\rArmory\rRaider.io\rDiscord\r\rQ&A\r\rWith the changes to Arcane Torrent in BFA do you think Horde will remain better for M+ or do you think that Camouflage dans l'ombre or other Alliance racials may make them better at the very top end?\r\rAs you may have realized the Blood Elf racial has been really useful in dungeons since it\u2019s release. If you haven\u2019t kept up to date with the latest BFA changes, now removes 1 beneficial effect from all enemies instead of silencing mobs for 2 seconds. This puts into question if Horde will keep their king faction status for Mythic+. \r\rSome like to think Alliance may be taking over in terms of racials because Horde is losing Arcane Torrent but Arcane Torrent isn\u2019t necessarily useless. It will be useless in a lot of cases but could be very strong in certain dungeons. I have personally been spending a lot of time on BFA Alpha\/Beta and there is a decent amount of dungeon trash that you can utilize Arcane Torrent on. \r\rAlliance has Camouflage dans l'ombre. This is a strong M+ racial since it lets you skip some packs of trash very easily without having to incur a 10 minute cooldown on your potions. You can even Camouflage dans l'ombre a mechanic over to someone else. For example, if you get targeted by Arc d’éclairs and realize you don\u2019t have any defensive you can Camouflage dans l'ombre to make it retarget another party member. That really is the only good racial for alliance currently. Dwarf Forme de pierre is a pretty decent one for grievous weeks but isn\u2019t always useful. Even the newly announced alliance allied races racial aren\u2019t really looking great in a Mythic+ scenario.\r\rI predict that Horde will still be the dominant faction since they also have the best dps racials between the two factions. To top it all off horde recently received the new Nightborne racial which slows enemies by 70% for 12 seconds, this could lead to you being able to pull big and just kiting the mobs just like in Neltharion\u2019s Lair where it\u2019s basically known as a kiting dungeon in high keys. \r\rWith this said, keep in mind that it is still pretty early to have a good statement on this since Mythic+ is not accessible on the beta client and some racials still haven\u2019t been added for the new allied races.\r\r\rIs there a particular reason why Guardian Druid has been so weak this meta?\r\rThere are many reason as to why Guardian Druid has fallen off the meta. Druids are basically as good as other tanks in terms of physical mitigation but their self sustain is nowhere near comparable. They get completely crushed by magic damage so any sort of high magic damage fight will usually result in the Guardian Druid lying on the floor. \r\rIt\u2019s also good to look at helpful tools that a tank class can bring in a dungeon. I like to break this into 2 parts, Group Control abilities which help you and your allies and Mob Control which helps control the dungeon trash abilities. If we look at Druid\u2019s Mob Control abilities there\u2019s only Ruée rugissante, Typhon and Thrash slow that stand out. For the Group Control abilities they have Renaissance. Having a battle res was a very big deal in the past because it brought an extra combat res to the group but since the recent changes where you only get a certain amount of combat res per dungeon it\u2019s not really impactful for any serious groups. \r\rLet\u2019s do a Death Knight breakdown to compare the two classes. To start off DK\u2019s Mob Control control abilities are Poigne de la mort, Emprise de Fielsang, Mort et décomposition slow and Asservir un mort-vivant. On the side of Group Control abilities they have Consomption leech, Réanimation d'un allié and self-sustain to the point where you question why you have a healer. Now that we have both side by side we start to see very clearly why druid is basically worse for 99% of the situations in the current meta and doesn\u2019t really bring anything to the table to make themselves stand out of the pack.\r\r\rWhat is the most optimal key for me to bind taunt on for skittish for maximum spam?\r\rThis changes from person to person. Someone might like hitting Control-Alt 7 to taunt everytime they have to while someone else prefers simply hitting 1. I would recommend using any key that doesn\u2019t require any sort of Shift\/control\/alt modifications to be easily hittable since it\u2019s on a short 8 seconds cooldown. \r\rMake sure to rotate your taunt on different targets so you don\u2019t just increase your threat on your main target. \r\rIs there a particular tank-healer pairing that seems to work best for Prot Paladin in M+? \r\rThis is a question I get a lot from any tank player. Should I be taking a Resto Druid or a Holy Pally as \u201cX\u201d tank? This really comes down to the team synergy, the dungeon you want to run and the current affixes. \r\rHoly paladins have Bénédiction de sacrifice and Maîtrise des auras which are 2 very strong externals, they also have Bénédiction de liberté, Bénédiction de protection and an immunity to \u201ccheese\u201d some mechanics. Resto druids bring Ecorcefer which is a very low cooldown external. Paladins are very strong in burst healing situations while Resto Druids are better against constant damage fights.\r\rThe healer you want to bring may also change from week to week. You may play with a paladin healer every week but as soon as a Sanguine week comes around you might start to dream about playing with a Resto Druid for that sweet extra Typhon option. Now if you want to run a Lower Karazhan you might want to think about bringing a holy paladin to basically completely negate the hardest fight of the instance, Moroes.\r\rWhat is your best advice for trying to tank high keys in a PUG, when people tend to blame you constantly even when its not your fault? I want to stay cool and not force people to requeue, but it\u2019s very frustrating.\r\rNumber 1 tip to be able to do well in Mythic + is to have voice communication. Nothing will get done the way you want it to get done if you can\u2019t communicate with your party members. \r\rAs the tank you are the one setting the pace to the dungeon so it\u2019s easy for others to blame you as soon as something goes wrong but keep in mind that \u201cIt can\u2019t be your fault if you make it be their fault\u201d. What I mean by this is that if you call out every single mechanic and every single cc\/interrupt then nobody will really be able to blame you since you would have given a clear indication of whose torrent was coming up next for example. \r\rLet\u2019s say you are about to pull a pack of trash mobs, take a look at what cc is available from your group and call out when you want someone to torrent, stun and so on. This way, every pack will go the way you want it to. \r\rAt the end of the day, people in pugs don\u2019t know you and you don\u2019t know them at all so it can be frustrating but there\u2019s also a bunch of really nice and good people out there. \r\r\rThings to Look For in the EU MDI This Weekend:\r\rTeam Raider.IO will be playing the 4th round of the EU regionals. These guys are one of the rare teams currently holding a 28 key done in time on live servers. They have also placed 4th during time trials. \rMethod EU will be playing the first round of the EU MDI. This team has been taking over the M+ scene recently, being the rank 1 M+ score team in the world and the best time trial team not only for EU, but worldwide.\r\rMarksmanship & Windwalker Guides\r\rWe've launched two more Mythic+ Guides focusing on Marksmanship Hunter and Windwalker Monk! \r\r\rCheck out all our Mythic+ Class Guides!\r\r\r\r\r\r Havoc Demon Hunter\r Brewmaster Monk\r Windwalker Monk\r\r\r Elemental Shaman\r Enhancement Shaman\r Balance Druid\r\r\r Restoration Druid\r Blood Death Knight\r Fire Mage\r\r\r Protection Paladin\r Holy Paladin\r Marksmanship Hunter\r\r\r Affliction Warlock\r\r\r

Commentaires

Commentaire de gokhansemih1

I love doing high m+ (meaning 20 and 21s) and i recently changed my main to vengeance DH. Do you think DH will be equal in meta with DKs in BFA?

Commentaire de Buphallus

on 2018-04-26T20:40:44-05:00

I love doing high m+ (meaning 20 and 21s) and i recently changed my main to vengeance DH. Do you think DH will be equal in meta with DKs in BFA?\r\rIn Alpha and now in Beta I have tried multiple times to compare Guardian, VDH and BDK in several dungeons. \rBlood lost the group leech and runic power generation is rather slow\rVDH has a lot of pain to use and now with the sexy 5% magic dmg buff, seems very promising.\r\rCurrently, for dungeons, VDH is the best tank. Not OP, but simply better than others, including BDK. VDH self-sustain is still amazing.